Letter from the Chief Inspector of General Practice
We carried out a comprehensive inspection as part of our inspection programme at the practice of New Islington Medical Practice on 6 June 2017 which was rated as requires improvement in the safe domain of the report and overall as good. The key questions were rated as:
Safe – requires improvement
Effective – good
Caring – good
Responsive – good
Well led – good
We carried out a focused follow up desk based inspection on 20 February 2018 where we found the practice had made significant improvements. The full comprehensive report for this inspection can be found by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for New Islington Medical Practice on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.
This inspection was an announced focused inspection carried out on 20 February 2018 to confirm that the practice had carried out their plan to meet the legal requirements in relation to the breach in regulations that we identified in our previous inspection on 6 June 2017. This report covers our findings in relation to those requirements and also additional improvements made since our last inspection.
Professor Steve Field (CBE FRCP FFPH FRCGP)
Chief Inspector of General Practice